Bob C
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| posted on 7/5/06 at 07:52 AM |
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Milestone no. 2
My car passed its 2nd milestone last night - moved under its own power.
Bizzarrely, despite having no silencer & being loud enough to break windows, no-one in the close came out to see what the racket was!
What can I use to reduce the size of the video so I can post it on the web? - I want a free basic mpeg editor - windoze media player doesn't
seem to have any editing function...
Back to the car - it all felt very good for a maiden voyage (of all of 20ft) so I'm V. pleased
Cheers
Bob
PS - my project plan has 3 milestones: start engine - drive car - get SVA : and no timescales...
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donut
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| posted on 7/5/06 at 08:15 AM |
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I managed 3" forwards and 3" backwards so not as impressive as you 
Well done. Feels good don't it!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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MikeR
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| posted on 7/5/06 at 08:18 AM |
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congratulations, i was hoping to do the same a week or so ago, except i found despite being sure i'd fixed this last year, i still had the wrong
ring gear on the fly.
Didn't want to start it without an exhaust. (i have a starter that fits the ring gear, except it found the westfield exhaust).
congraultions again and .....
Win XP has Windows Movie Maker.
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Bob C
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| posted on 7/5/06 at 09:05 AM |
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excellent - movie maker is just the thing!
vid on http://freespace.virgin.net/shiela.carter/1stmovement.wmv
cheers
Bob
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OX
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| posted on 7/5/06 at 10:32 AM |
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hehe nice one,you can see the concentration on your face
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Bob C
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| posted on 7/5/06 at 11:15 AM |
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hah - too right, that really WAS its 1st movement under its own steam & the vid doesn't do justice to the decibels!! As it happens the
clutch works quite well (2 diaphragms) so I didn't stall it immediately!
Bob
PS it now has 2 rear wings. . . .
PPS the elation came 5 minutes later while packing up... it worked, nothing clonked, nothing fell off clutch & brakes were nice etc. etc.
[Edited on 7/5/06 by Bob C]
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Hellfire
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| posted on 7/5/06 at 11:29 AM |
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Congratulations Bob. It came close, but you didn't even stall it.  Was that your first ever drive of a BEC? If so, well done. 
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Bob C
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| posted on 7/5/06 at 08:42 PM |
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stalled it later when I couldn't find neutral..... must wire the neutral switch up!
Seriously I would have given it a little more beans but you would NOT believe how painfully loud the thing was in the carport...
Yep - as well as being the car's first drive, it was my first drive in a BEC - I'm sure I'll get better at it!
cheers
Bob
still feeling smug
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